November 18, 2008

Inspiring Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs
The region’s entrepreneurial achievements in sectors such as digital media and life sciences are already an increasing part of its international profile, and the entrepreneurial spirit of the region’s small businesses is one component of Vancouver’s comparative advantage as a place to do business.

To encourage and foster this spirit and to strengthen our branding of Vancouver as entrepreneurial, green and innovative, VEDC will host a one day entertainment and information based event at the Agridome on the PNE grounds during Global Entrepreneurship Week. For more information contact Trish Wuttunee.

Exciting Opportunity:  be part of a 1 day showcase for tomorrow’s entrepreneurs, booth prices starting as low as $500.

Exhibitors to date include:
Impact Entrepreneurship Group
Junior Achievement BC
MACI Conventions Inc.
Nanotech BC
New Media BC
TEC UBC
Vancouver Economic Development Commission
Vancouver Entrepreneurs Toastmasters Club
Wireless Innovation Network of BC

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October 11 - 14, 2009
BioMarine Vancouver 2009
Vancouver will host BioMarine 2009, a unique international forum focused on innovative solutions in advancing ocean sustainability. Held annually, BioMarine reaches approximately 2,500 participants from industry, academia and government - delivering a global platform for leaders in maritime affairs and marine science.
www.biomarine.org

January 16 - 18, 2009
Pacific Northwest Wireless Summit (PNWS) 2009
Focused on three key areas of Ideas, Innovation and Investment, the Pacific Northwest Wireless Summit (PNWS) 2009 consists of several events: a leadership summit meeting, a wireless conference and tradeshow, a unique university relations forum, an awards show, and an investment forum.

PNWS brings together visionaries, idea people, technology and application innovators, service providers, venture capitalists and other stakeholders in the wireless and new media industries from the Pacific Northwest, as well as international participants from Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and Australia.

Sponsors of the PNWA 2008 include Telus, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia, Yahoo! Mobile, Bell, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Wavefront, Canpages, and Simon Fraser University. Service provider VCs included Vodafone, BT, Swisscom, Telus, Orante, and Visa. To learn more about this event, please visit www.pnwsummit.com

May 31 - June 3, 2009
Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2009: International Conference and Trade Show
Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Canada presents Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2009: Internatioanl Conference and Trade Show in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. This premier event brings together global leaders in business, government, and the scientific community, and will feature an extensive trade show and exhibition showcasing the very latest in hydrogen and fuel cell technology.  It will also feature the first of BC Transit's 20 new hydrogen fuel cell buses that will make up the largest fuel cell bus fleet in the world.
For more information, please visit www.hfc2009.com

September 18 - 23, 2009
EDAC & EDACB Annual Conference 2009
EDAC and EDABC have officially announced the Joint conference to be held in Vancouver September 18-23, 2009.  This conference is expected to be one of the largest Economic Development Conferences ever to be held in Canada.  We anticipate over 750 delegates who will discover all of the exciting activities happening in BC around the 2010 Winter Olympics.  For the first time we will be hosting the Provincial Economic Development Olympics utilizing a number of the official Olympic Venues located in Vancouver.  Plan now to be a part of this historic event.

Additional details to follow in the months ahead. Click here to make your hotel reservations and to keep up to date on the details.

If you are interested in being a sponsor of this event please contact Dale at wheeldon@edabc.com